Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Brownies

By Cindy

Ingredients

• 1 (30 oz.) pkg. of chocolate chip cookie dough, such as Pillsbury
• 2 (8 oz.) packages of regular Cream Cheese, at room temperature
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cut chocolate chip cookie dough in half.
3. Cover the bottom of an ungreased 13x9 inch baking pan or casserole dish with half of the dough, forming a crust. Use your hands for this as if you were filling a pie plate with a homemade pie crust.
4. Bake for 10 minutes.
5. While baking, beat the cream cheese, egg (or egg substitute), sugar (or no calorie sugar sweetener), and vanilla in a bowl until well blended.
6. Take the crust out and spread the cream cheese mixture on the top...being sure to cover the entire top. It will be ooey and gooey and may blend with the crust and this is ok :)
7. Take the other half of the cookie dough and crumble it on top of the cream cheese coating, being sure to cover it all.
8. Bake for 35 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
9. Cool in the refrigerator for a few hours before serving.
10. Store in the fridge, due to the cream cheese.

****You can also use other cookie dough flavors instead of chocolate chip. Peanut butter, M & M, etc...****